While Snapchat and Instagram may appear similar to users, marketers take very different approaches when they use these platforms.

Mobile will continue to attract more ad dollars in 2019. With that in mind, this report presents 10 predictions to help marketers navigate the mobile and media landscape in 2019.

In the latest episode of "Behind the Numbers," analyst Debra Aho Williamson joins us in the studio to talk about social stories—what she calls a 21st Century daily diary. What is it about stories that users and advertisers alike seem to find so appealing?

The New York Public Library is getting readers to continually engage with a feature originally intended for expiring content.

Stories are hot in social media, and the ad opportunities are growing fast. How are consumers using stories, and how do they respond to marketing in stories?

This year, 64.8 million millennials will watch digital video at least once a month, according to eMarketer estimates. That figure will continue to increase year over year, reaching 66.8 million by 2022.

Is connectivity a curse? Are smartphones bringing us down? In the latest episode of "Behind the Numbers," we dig into the latest data about the pyschological impact of media use, social media in particular.

In the first of a three-part series on digital video and TV, analyst Paul Verna breaks down the data on ad spending and subscription fees. When will digital video ad spend catch up with TV ad spend? How much subscription income is flowing into services like Netflix and Hulu?

This third annual StatPack compiles key metrics around digital video, television and the relationship between them.

Facing similar challenges in rekindling user growth, Snapchat and Twitter seem to be at a crossroads. In the new episode of “Behind the Numbers,” analyst Debra Aho Williamson digs into the companies’ latest results, and looks ahead to what she expects their Q4 to look like.

Every week on eMarketer’s “Behind the Numbers” podcast, we take a few minutes to discuss some of the most intriguing headlines of the past seven days. This week, we're chatting about politics (it's that time of year) and the ways that social and traditional are media mixing things up in the political sphere. Plus, would you target advertising based on smart thermometer data?

This year, 84.8 million people in the US—or roughly a quarter of the population—will use Snapchat, a 7.1% increase from 2017, according to eMarketer estimates.

Heather Watson, consulting and behavioral insights lead at research and solutions firm CGK, discusses how to market to teens on YouTube and the importance of having an authentic brand personality across platforms.

Daily time spent with digital media will surpass traditional media in 2018. Increased time with digital video, which will reach 1 hour, 26 minutes, is a main driver of the increase of time spent with digital media.

Our updated US ad spending forecast shows digital ad spending outpacing expectations. Digital media will capture $111.14 billion in ad dollars in 2018 and surpass traditional media ad spending by 2019, according to our latest estimates.

For the first time, we have created estimates for social network video ad spending, including Facebook, Snapchat and Twitter. In 2018, the segment will total $7.85 billion in ad spending.

Social media is hardly synonymous with shopping, but that hasn't stopped social platforms from positioning themselves as pseudo-retailers.

Today, more than four of every five US digital display ad dollars transact programmatically. This report looks at the trends driving programmatic ad spending to $68.87 billion by 2020, breaking it down by transaction type, format and device.

This year will mark a milestone for digital video advertising in the US, according to eMarketer’s latest ad spending forecast. In 2018, video will grow nearly 30% to $27.82 billion. That means video ad spending will make up 25% of US digital ad spending.